Nellie Allene Riggs

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The daughter of George Riggs and Maggie Adair.

Lynell Gentry Cordell emailed on 4 July 2016 that a party in honor of Nellie's 100th birthday had been planned for the following weekend. Lynell's family "lived down the hill from Granny and Grandad Gentry and John & Allene lived across the road and just a bit south from us. She was sort of my second mother when I was little and her daughters were my first friends and first playmates and I love them dearly. I was closer to them than any of my other, closer cousins."

Obituary

Centenarian Nellie Allene Gentry

Nellie Allene Gentry was born on July 5, 1916 in King, Stephens County, Oklahoma and passed away on August 3, 2016 in Duncan, Oklahoma at the age of 100.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 6, at the Velma Baptist Church officiated by Reverend Randy Southerland under the direction of the Grantham Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the New Velma Cemetery.

Allene married John Vernon Gentry on April 16, 1934, and he preceded her in death on July 22, 2004. She was also preceded in death by her parents, George and Maggie Riggs, sister Juanita Sutton, brother Lynn Riggs, and one daughter, Aurelia Gayle Patton. Her survivors include two daughters, Agatha June McNeill and husband Perry of Denton, Texas, and Frankie Kay Sims and husband Bob of Sulphur, Oklahoma. She is also survived by five grandchildren; Michelle Kitto & husband Glen, Tracy Bayliff & husband Kyle, Kent Pogue and wife Sandy, Renee Bailey & husband Terry, Jessica Parks and husband Stuart; twelve great-grandchildren: Dylan Peterson, Aimee Peterson Blackwell, Abby Kitto, Reese Bayliff, Reagan Bayliff, Zachry Pogue, Adam Pogue, Jacob Parks, Zane Parks, Coby Bailey, Taylor Bailey and Colton Bailey. Allene also had three great great grandchildren: Brianna Bradfute, Heather Lowery and Dawson Pogue.
Allene was a homemaker and also an accomplished seamstress and cook. She started several small businesses in addition: covering shoes in fabric and baking wedding cakes. She also worked as a clerk and meat cutter at Milford's Grocery and worked in the Stephens County Clerk's office for a number of years.

Pallbearers will be Kyle Bayliff, Kent Pogue, Jeff Sanner, Stuart Parks , Zachry Pogue and Adam Pogue. Honorary bearers will be Perry McNeill, Bob Sims, Terry Bailey, Jim Patton, Phil Reid, Gail Sanner, Glen Kitto and Dylan Peterson.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Velma Senior Citizens Center, PO Box 584, Velma, OK 73491.

Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.granthamfuneralhomes.com

Nellie married John Vernon Gentry on 16 Apr 1934 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. John (son of Franklin Melton Gentry and Ada Carol Jones) was born on 11 Mar 1915 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 22 Jul 2004 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Velma Cemetery, Velma, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The Duncan Banner, Sunday, April 8, 1984

Anniversaries (Picture of Allene and John)

Velma--In celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. John V. Gentry will be honored at a reception from 2 to 4 pm April 15 at the Velma Baptist Church. John and the former Allena Riggs were married April 16, 1934, in Duncan. They are lifelong residents of Stephens County and now live on a ranch east of Duncan. They have three children, June McNeill of Stillwater, Rhea Patton of Ardmore and Frankie Sims of Davis. Hostesses fro the reception will be their daughters and their husbands. All friends are cordially invited to attend. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

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2. Aurelia "Rhea" Gale Gentry was born on 23 Jul 1938 in Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 6 May 2009 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma; was buried on 9 May 2009 in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.
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